5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Darrin Patrick who is the lead and founding pastor of The Journey in Saint Louis. He has authored several books, including the brand new The Dude’s Guide to Marriage (releases today!). Darrin is also the chaplain for the Saint Louis Cardinals. We talk entrepreneurial leadership, church planting, and about soul care for pastors.

Also, be sure to tune in  (for FREE) to the live stream of the marriage conference he and his wife, Amie, are doing n November 6 & 7. You can register and find details at Live.TheDudesGuide.Org.

BEST QUOTES

“An entrepreneurial leader is about getting things going then handing it off and going to the next thing.”

“A manager is someone who takes the vision from the entrepreneurial apostolic leader and implements and executes.”

“An Entrepreneurial leader is about what’s next. A manager is about what’s now.”

“I want to blame somebody, and then I find a mirror.”

“Discipline is rarely enjoyable but almost always profitable.”

“The obstacle is me and my willingness to adapt to the church’s new life cycle.”

“The speed of the leader is the speed of the team.”

“[For church leadership teams] the truth is in the tension.”

“Sometimes the difference between a great leader and a nominal leader is being compelled that they’re right.”

“In marriage we submit to each other’s gifts.”

“You don’t parent your children; you have to parent each child.”

“If you grew up in church you think you are, but make sure you’re a Christian.”

“Make sure of your calling because some days that’s all you have to come back to.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Dude’s Guide to Marriage

The Dude’s Guide to Manhood

Church Planter

Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney

The Pastor’s Kid by Barnabas Piper

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Darrin Patrick who is the lead and founding pastor of The Journey in Saint Louis. He has authored several books, including the brand new The Dude’s Guide to Marriage (releases today!). Darrin is also the chaplain for the Saint Louis Cardinals. We talk entrepreneurial leadership, church planting, and about soul care for pastors.

Also, be sure to tune in  (for FREE) to the live stream of the marriage conference he and his wife, Amie, are doing n November 6 & 7. You can register and find details at Live.TheDudesGuide.Org.

BEST QUOTES

“An entrepreneurial leader is about getting things going then handing it off and going to the next thing.”

“A manager is someone who takes the vision from the entrepreneurial apostolic leader and implements and executes.”

“An Entrepreneurial leader is about what’s next. A manager is about what’s now.”

“I want to blame somebody, and then I find a mirror.”

“Discipline is rarely enjoyable but almost always profitable.”

“The obstacle is me and my willingness to adapt to the church’s new life cycle.”

“The speed of the leader is the speed of the team.”

“[For church leadership teams] the truth is in the tension.”

“Sometimes the difference between a great leader and a nominal leader is being compelled that they’re right.”

“In marriage we submit to each other’s gifts.”

“You don’t parent your children; you have to parent each child.”

“If you grew up in church you think you are, but make sure you’re a Christian.”

“Make sure of your calling because some days that’s all you have to come back to.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Dude’s Guide to Marriage

The Dude’s Guide to Manhood

Church Planter

Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney

The Pastor’s Kid by Barnabas Piper

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Darrin Patrick who is the lead and founding pastor of The Journey in Saint Louis. He has authored several books, including the brand new The Dude’s Guide to Marriage (releases today!). Darrin is also the chaplain for the Saint Louis Cardinals. We talk entrepreneurial leadership, church planting, and about soul care for pastors.

Also, be sure to tune in  (for FREE) to the live stream of the marriage conference he and his wife, Amie, are doing n November 6 & 7. You can register and find details at Live.TheDudesGuide.Org.

BEST QUOTES

“An entrepreneurial leader is about getting things going then handing it off and going to the next thing.”

“A manager is someone who takes the vision from the entrepreneurial apostolic leader and implements and executes.”

“An Entrepreneurial leader is about what’s next. A manager is about what’s now.”

“I want to blame somebody, and then I find a mirror.”

“Discipline is rarely enjoyable but almost always profitable.”

“The obstacle is me and my willingness to adapt to the church’s new life cycle.”

“The speed of the leader is the speed of the team.”

“[For church leadership teams] the truth is in the tension.”

“Sometimes the difference between a great leader and a nominal leader is being compelled that they’re right.”

“In marriage we submit to each other’s gifts.”

“You don’t parent your children; you have to parent each child.”

“If you grew up in church you think you are, but make sure you’re a Christian.”

“Make sure of your calling because some days that’s all you have to come back to.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Dude’s Guide to Marriage

The Dude’s Guide to Manhood

Church Planter

Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney

The Pastor’s Kid by Barnabas Piper

 

On this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Ed Stetzer. Ed is the Vice President of LifeWay Insights, a noted speaker, and the author of numerous books. Ed blogs at EdStetzer.com where his articles on church and culture, especially pertaining to current events, are widely read. He is particularly respected in church planting circles and appreciated for his iconic goatee. We talk family, pastoring, and ambition. It’s a lively chat, and you will enjoy it.

BEST QUOTES

“You can’t hate a people and reach a people at the same time.”

“Children are a bit of a funhouse mirror. They both reflect and exaggerate who you are, good and bad.”

“Our leadership creates a culture and that can be healthy or unhealthy.”

“Kids are born stupid, and it’s your job to get the stupid out of them.”

“What do I need to say ‘no’ to so I can focus on what God has called me to say yes to?”

“I’m trying to only do what only I can do.”

“The job of the typical pastor is to know the history of the people they see every week.”

“I think pastors and church leaders should spend more time with leaders and the lost, the two L’s.”

“I want my kids to care for the hurting.”

“Don’t work with jerks.”

“Don’t worry so much about what people think. Worry about the Lord, that He is honored.”

“Don’t ever be a leader who someone can’t say to you, ‘you’re being a jerk.’”

“One of the biggest problems we have in Christianity today is isolated leaders running rough shod and ruining people’s lives.”

“Ambition has to be tempered with a concern for others and a concern for holiness and righteousness.”

“Unrestrained ambition in a Christian leader is a disaster.”

“Don’t get so busy doing the work of the Lord that you don’t focus on the Lord of the work.”

“Writing a sermon is not the same as spending time with the Lord.”

“Note gathering is not devotional reading.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

EdStetzer.com

Breakpoint

Transformational Groups by Ed Stetzer & Eric Geiger

Subversive Kingdom by Ed Stetzer

 

On this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Ed Stetzer. Ed is the Vice President of LifeWay Insights, a noted speaker, and the author of numerous books. Ed blogs at EdStetzer.com where his articles on church and culture, especially pertaining to current events, are widely read. He is particularly respected in church planting circles and appreciated for his iconic goatee. We talk family, pastoring, and ambition. It’s a lively chat, and you will enjoy it.

BEST QUOTES

“You can’t hate a people and reach a people at the same time.”

“Children are a bit of a funhouse mirror. They both reflect and exaggerate who you are, good and bad.”

“Our leadership creates a culture and that can be healthy or unhealthy.”

“Kids are born stupid, and it’s your job to get the stupid out of them.”

“What do I need to say ‘no’ to so I can focus on what God has called me to say yes to?”

“I’m trying to only do what only I can do.”

“The job of the typical pastor is to know the history of the people they see every week.”

“I think pastors and church leaders should spend more time with leaders and the lost, the two L’s.”

“I want my kids to care for the hurting.”

“Don’t work with jerks.”

“Don’t worry so much about what people think. Worry about the Lord, that He is honored.”

“Don’t ever be a leader who someone can’t say to you, ‘you’re being a jerk.’”

“One of the biggest problems we have in Christianity today is isolated leaders running rough shod and ruining people’s lives.”

“Ambition has to be tempered with a concern for others and a concern for holiness and righteousness.”

“Unrestrained ambition in a Christian leader is a disaster.”

“Don’t get so busy doing the work of the Lord that you don’t focus on the Lord of the work.”

“Writing a sermon is not the same as spending time with the Lord.”

“Note gathering is not devotional reading.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

EdStetzer.com

Breakpoint

Transformational Groups by Ed Stetzer & Eric Geiger

Subversive Kingdom by Ed Stetzer

 

On this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Ed Stetzer. Ed is the Vice President of LifeWay Insights, a noted speaker, and the author of numerous books. Ed blogs at EdStetzer.com where his articles on church and culture, especially pertaining to current events, are widely read. He is particularly respected in church planting circles and appreciated for his iconic goatee. We talk family, pastoring, and ambition. It’s a lively chat, and you will enjoy it.

BEST QUOTES

“You can’t hate a people and reach a people at the same time.”

“Children are a bit of a funhouse mirror. They both reflect and exaggerate who you are, good and bad.”

“Our leadership creates a culture and that can be healthy or unhealthy.”

“Kids are born stupid, and it’s your job to get the stupid out of them.”

“What do I need to say ‘no’ to so I can focus on what God has called me to say yes to?”

“I’m trying to only do what only I can do.”

“The job of the typical pastor is to know the history of the people they see every week.”

“I think pastors and church leaders should spend more time with leaders and the lost, the two L’s.”

“I want my kids to care for the hurting.”

“Don’t work with jerks.”

“Don’t worry so much about what people think. Worry about the Lord, that He is honored.”

“Don’t ever be a leader who someone can’t say to you, ‘you’re being a jerk.’”

“One of the biggest problems we have in Christianity today is isolated leaders running rough shod and ruining people’s lives.”

“Ambition has to be tempered with a concern for others and a concern for holiness and righteousness.”

“Unrestrained ambition in a Christian leader is a disaster.”

“Don’t get so busy doing the work of the Lord that you don’t focus on the Lord of the work.”

“Writing a sermon is not the same as spending time with the Lord.”

“Note gathering is not devotional reading.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

EdStetzer.com

Breakpoint

Transformational Groups by Ed Stetzer & Eric Geiger

Subversive Kingdom by Ed Stetzer

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins talks with Max Lucado, a preaching pastor at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio and world-renowned author of more than 30 books which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. For more than 30 years Max has preached hope and restoration to the hurting and discouraged. He has modeled humility and grace, and we are thrilled to have him on the podcast.

BEST QUOTES

“Too often we look back to glory days and don’t look forward and think we can have those again.”

“The Bible shows us what God did but also what God does.”

“The local church is a sleeping giant.”

“Everywhere I go, if I can keep a teachable spirit, God will use people where I am.”

“If you hire from within your church you need to prepare the person you hire for not having their weekends.”

“The biggest cause of burnout for people we hire out of seminary is that they just don’t realize the impact of losing their weekends.”

“If you don’t have a succession plan you’re setting your church up to fail.”

“I really feel like I’ve been a good steward if the church is doing better when I’m gone.”

“Chemistry, Character, and Competency are the three Cs you look for when you either promote or hire.”

“Anytime we have something clarified and on a document we have that tool we can pull into the conversation and say ‘we agreed on this now we’ve got to stick to it.’”

“You’re asking for trouble if you don’t have a really clear organizational structure.”

“A good leader is a good pastor of his family.”

“Nobody knows you better than your family.”

“Keep leaning into God’s grace every day of your life.”

“I love getting to preach but I don’t deserve having anyone listen to me. I’m just grateful.”

“If we waited until we had our lives all together to share the gospel we’d never share the gospel.”

“The fatal mistake is when we begin to believe we really are what people say we are.”

“As long as we remember that it is by God’s grace and only by God’s grace that we have anything to say then we’re even more motivated to speak.”

“When we begin to believe we deserve this platform that’s one of the last steps before trouble.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Glory Days by Max Lucado

Next by Warren Bird and William Vanderbloemen

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins talks with Max Lucado, a preaching pastor at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio and world-renowned author of more than 30 books which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. For more than 30 years Max has preached hope and restoration to the hurting and discouraged. He has modeled humility and grace, and we are thrilled to have him on the podcast.

BEST QUOTES

“Too often we look back to glory days and don’t look forward and think we can have those again.”

“The Bible shows us what God did but also what God does.”

“The local church is a sleeping giant.”

“Everywhere I go, if I can keep a teachable spirit, God will use people where I am.”

“If you hire from within your church you need to prepare the person you hire for not having their weekends.”

“The biggest cause of burnout for people we hire out of seminary is that they just don’t realize the impact of losing their weekends.”

“If you don’t have a succession plan you’re setting your church up to fail.”

“I really feel like I’ve been a good steward if the church is doing better when I’m gone.”

“Chemistry, Character, and Competency are the three Cs you look for when you either promote or hire.”

“Anytime we have something clarified and on a document we have that tool we can pull into the conversation and say ‘we agreed on this now we’ve got to stick to it.’”

“You’re asking for trouble if you don’t have a really clear organizational structure.”

“A good leader is a good pastor of his family.”

“Nobody knows you better than your family.”

“Keep leaning into God’s grace every day of your life.”

“I love getting to preach but I don’t deserve having anyone listen to me. I’m just grateful.”

“If we waited until we had our lives all together to share the gospel we’d never share the gospel.”

“The fatal mistake is when we begin to believe we really are what people say we are.”

“As long as we remember that it is by God’s grace and only by God’s grace that we have anything to say then we’re even more motivated to speak.”

“When we begin to believe we deserve this platform that’s one of the last steps before trouble.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Glory Days by Max Lucado

Next by Warren Bird and William Vanderbloemen

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins talks with Max Lucado, a preaching pastor at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio and world-renowned author of more than 30 books which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. For more than 30 years Max has preached hope and restoration to the hurting and discouraged. He has modeled humility and grace, and we are thrilled to have him on the podcast.

BEST QUOTES

“Too often we look back to glory days and don’t look forward and think we can have those again.”

“The Bible shows us what God did but also what God does.”

“The local church is a sleeping giant.”

“Everywhere I go, if I can keep a teachable spirit, God will use people where I am.”

“If you hire from within your church you need to prepare the person you hire for not having their weekends.”

“The biggest cause of burnout for people we hire out of seminary is that they just don’t realize the impact of losing their weekends.”

“If you don’t have a succession plan you’re setting your church up to fail.”

“I really feel like I’ve been a good steward if the church is doing better when I’m gone.”

“Chemistry, Character, and Competency are the three Cs you look for when you either promote or hire.”

“Anytime we have something clarified and on a document we have that tool we can pull into the conversation and say ‘we agreed on this now we’ve got to stick to it.’”

“You’re asking for trouble if you don’t have a really clear organizational structure.”

“A good leader is a good pastor of his family.”

“Nobody knows you better than your family.”

“Keep leaning into God’s grace every day of your life.”

“I love getting to preach but I don’t deserve having anyone listen to me. I’m just grateful.”

“If we waited until we had our lives all together to share the gospel we’d never share the gospel.”

“The fatal mistake is when we begin to believe we really are what people say we are.”

“As long as we remember that it is by God’s grace and only by God’s grace that we have anything to say then we’re even more motivated to speak.”

“When we begin to believe we deserve this platform that’s one of the last steps before trouble.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Glory Days by Max Lucado

Next by Warren Bird and William Vanderbloemen

Jenni Catron is a writer, speaker, and leadership coach who consults churches and non-profits. She serves on the executive team at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, CA overseeing their various campuses. Jenni previously worked in the music industry before joining the launch team for Crosspoint Church in Nashville, TN then joining their staff. She is a savvy and gifted leader, and our conversation with her was enjoyable and full of helpful insights. Be sure to pre-order Jenni’s forthcoming book, The Four Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership: The Power of Leading from Your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength that releases on December 1. 

BEST QUOTES

“Some statistics say that the Bay area is only 4% churched, so it’s very different than doing ministry in the Bible Belt.”

“I’m one of those people who turns everything into a leadership lesson.”

“When things are going well and we’re off to the races we don’t realize we should actually be preparing for the down curve.”

“Putting something on the calendar becomes a forcing function.”

“We needed to change the way we worked not just the way we were structured.”

“I had to be more patient and persistent in leading change.”

“We declared a ‘no-meeting’ January.”

“Meetings beget meetings; they multiply like rabbits.”

“Anyone in Ministry knows it’s not just a 9 to 5.”

“There’s a peak likability about being the boss because you have to be the bad-guy sometimes.”

“To be a good leader you need to lead yourself well.”

“When you’re wired to be a leader you’re wired to chase after the opportunities and the leadership seats and climbing the ladder. So there’s a drivenness to leaders where we will often ignore our own health and development.”

“If I’m busy comparing and competing I’m not celebrating what God is doing in others’ lives.”

“Lead with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.”

“It’s that balance of heart, mind, soul, and strength working in tandem that allows us to lead as God intended.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership by Jenni Catron

Clout by Jenni Catron

Managing Corporate Lifecycles by Ichak Adizes

How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins

Leadership Pipeline by Ram Charan